The end of another year, yet again a list of albums I urge you to rush out and buy (if you haven't already). This year, thanks to this newfangled technology, I've included youtube clips for your watching/listening/purchasing pleasure. Enjoy...

The Top Ten:

Essential to the 2007 experience.

10. The New Pornographers - Challengers


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Well, my goal was to keep it short and sweet this year, as if to provide the one or two people actually reading this with some kind of musical recommendation, but for some reason indulgence got the best of me. So now I have a hugely bloated list of my favorite 20 albums of the year. You can accuse me of pretentiousness or you can enjoy the read, ( Read more... )

I realize I haven't posted in nearly a year. Of course, only I would decide to reunite with LiveJournal via a completely random admission that I'm currently obsessed with electro-pop. Well, I had a thought and wanted to get it down and I did and now I'm officially ready to hop back on to the saddle of this wonderful brain-outlet, so sue me ( Read more... )

I'm insanely--probably dangerously--into Goldfrapp right now, especially that goddamn glorious pop nugget "Number 1," which can proudly stake claim as the most wonderfully nostalgic song of the year for me ( Read more... )

I found myself in a writing mood after capping nearly 44 pages of my work-in-progress feature script, and I'm just in one of those sweaty, frustrated-as-hell, pre-bed moments where you question everything good around you and start to wonder if all your previous negative thoughts might've been right all along. In other words, life after college has ( Read more... )

There is something inherently nostalgic about compiling an end-of-the-year list, if only because it gives its maker the opportunity to reflect upon how his/her artistic taste has changed over time. I, myself, have come to the stark realization that, unlike many other music lovers and/or critics out there, it’s hard for me to separate the art from ( Read more... )

Wow, so this took a little longer than expected. I haven't written about films since I wrote my last UCSB essay, and I haven't done a top ten since 2001, I think. So I'm a little rusty and a lot long-winded. Couple that with the fact that this wasn't a stupendous year for movies, and you can tread carefully ( Read more... )

Here's to a glorious, fun-filled, healthy Christmas Eve to all of you out there....even the Jews. Yet another year gone by, and though it's been weird, somehow I feel it's been pretty pivotal--in a good way. I won't get into why or how, but let's just promise this to each other: how about we make this upcoming year something great ( Read more... )

This is a tough entry to start, simply because it has been so long since I last wrote. Looks like last time I chimed in I was bitching about how music makes my heart hurt. Christ, I'm emo-lame ( Read more... )

There is some music out there that I can listen to, and it can remind me so strongly of things past that I actually feel a physical tightening around my stomach and my heart. True confession. It just happened.

Hope you all are doing well.